Seeing wonderful work like this is dangerous. You can be tempted to use a terrific technique you've seen that will completely overpower the area you are stitching. That's why I've been struggling with Luna's moon. I want to do fancy things to it and make it as great as Amy's moons are. But I've finally accepted the fact that this is not appropriate for this canvas.

Remember the Bridezilla clip from yesterday? I was in great danger of making the moon the star of the show. Believe me, it was very difficult to admire Amy's moons, then walk away from stitching any more on my moon, leaving it simple. But that is the right thing to do for this canvas.

By the way, yesterday's close up of the moon before I finished it does a better job of showing what this looks like in person. The photo above shows the moon in context, which helps remind us all that the moon is in the background and should remain a secondary object.

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